Below, please find Mr. Potter's daily objectives for unit 4 of the New York State Regents US History and Government course.

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Road to the Civil War/Civil War / Reconstruction 1850 - 1877
· Describe the major reform movements of 1840 – 1860.
· Describe the abolition movement and its effects.
· Explain the events that led America to the Civil War.
· Explain the North and South’s military strategy.
· Explain Lincoln’s aims and actions and discuss how they impacted the Constitution.
· Explain how the Gettysburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation changed America.
· Explain the impact of the war on the home front for both North and South.
· Describe how the nation rebuilt and reunified after the Civil War.
· Compare and contrast the 3 different reconstruction plans.
· Describe the changes African-Americans went through after the Civil War.
· Explain how white southerners reacted to the terms of Reconstruction.
· Discuss the overall impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on the US economically, politically, technologically and socially.